Strong for Surgery

Strong for Surgery is helping to improve clinical outcomes.

A patient’s risk of negative outcomes from surgery can be improved by using best practices in the preparation for surgery. We've searched the globe to bring effective methods into checklists and ensure patients are optimally prepared for their upcoming surgery.

Strong for Surgery brings a pre-surgery checklist to doctor’s offices to help with education, communication and standardization of best practices, and hence improve clinical outcomes.

CERTAIN is supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Grant Numbers R01HS020025 and R01HS022959 and the Life Sciences Discovery Fund Grant Number 5493311. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the Life Sciences Discovery Fund. The Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP) is a Coordinated Quality Improvement Program of the Foundation for Health Care Quality. The University of Washington Centers for Comparative and Health System Effectiveness is the academic partner of the Foundation for Health Care Quality.

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